Documented immigrants in South Africa,

1 Statistical release Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 Embargoed until:26 March 2013 14:30 Enquiries: Forthcoming issue: Expected release date: User Information Services 2013 March 2014 Tel.: (012) 310 8600 / 4892 / 8390 statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 1 General information Published by statistics South africa , Private Bag X 44, Pretoria 0001 statistics South africa , 2013 Users may apply or process this data, provided statistics South africa (Stats SA) is acknowledged as the original source of data; that it is specified that the application and/or analysis is the result of the users independent processing of the data; and that neither the basic data nor any reprocessed version or application thereof may be sold or offered for sale in any form whatsoever without prior permission from Stats SA.

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3 Enquiries Printing and distribution User information services Tel: (012) 310 8251 (012) 310 8600 Fax: (012) 310 321 7381 (012) 310 8500 / 8495 Email: statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 2 Preface statistics South africa is publishing a new annual statistical release Documented immigrants in South africa , The data source for the annual release comes from data generated by Department of Home Affairs on the issuance of temporary and permanent residence permits. statistics South africa analyses these data to produce information on the annual flow of Documented immigrants in South africa .

4 The results on the number; types and category status of the permits; nationality; and the age structure of the 2012 recipients are presented in this publication.. Pali Lehohla Statistician-General statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 3 Acknowledgement statistics South africa is grateful to the Department of Home Affairs for their cooperation in the production of this statistical release. statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 4 Contents General information .. 1 .. 2 Acknowledgement .. 3 List of tables .. 5 List of figures .. 6 List of abbreviations .. 7 1. Introduction .. 8 Background .. 8 Objectives of this statistical release .. 9 Scope of this statistical release .. 9 Organisational and presentation of this statistical release .. 9 2. Source of data .. 10 Temporary residence permits .. 10 Permanent residence permits .. 10 Data processing.

5 11 Data analyses .. 12 3. Temporary residence permits .. 14 Overall .. 14 Nationality and type of permit .. 16 Region, sub-region and country of nationality .. 16 Patterns of the distribution of the types of permits .. 18 Region and sub-region by type of permit .. 18 The leading countries from overseas and africa by type of permit .. 19 Distribution of each type of permit by country of nationality .. 20 Age structure and nationality .. 25 Age structure by region .. 25 Age structure of the eight leading countries .. 26 4. Permanent residence permits .. 29 Overall .. 29 Nationality and category status of permit .. 31 Region, sub-region and country of nationality .. 31 Patterns of the distribution of the types of the category statuses used in applying for permanent residence permits .. 33 Region and sub-region by category status .. 33 The leading countries from overseas and africa by category status.

6 34 Distribution of each category status by country of nationality .. 35 Age structure and nationality .. 37 Age structure by region .. 37 Age structure of the eight leading countries .. 37 5. Summary and concluding remarks .. 41 References .. 44 Appendices .. 45 statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 5 List of tables Table 1: Distribution of all recipients of temporary residence permits by type of permit, 2012 .. 14 Table 2: Distribution of all recipients of temporary residence permits by age group, 2012 .. 15 Table 3: Distribution of all recipients of temporary residence permits by region and sub region, 2012 .. 16 Table 4: The percentage distribution of the types of temporary residence permits by region and sub-region, 2012 .. 18 Table 5: The percentage distribution of the types of temporary residence permits by region and sub-region, 2012.

7 20 Table 6: Percentage distribution of recipients of temporary residence permits by broad age groups, region and the eight leading countries from each region, 2012 .. 28 Table 7: Distribution of all recipients of permanent residence permits by type of category status, 2012 .. 29 Table 8: Distribution of all recipients of permanent residence permits by age group, 2012 .. 30 Table 9: Distribution of recipients of all permanent residence permits by region and sub region, 2012 .. 31 Table 10: Percentage distribution of the permanent residence permits category status by region and sub region, 2012 .. 34 Table 11: The percentage distribution of the category statuses by region and the top eight countries, 2012 .. 35 Table 12: Percentage distribution of recipients of permanent residence permits by broad age groups by region and eight leading countries from overseas and africa , 2012 .. 40 statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 6 List of figures Figure 1: Number of recipients of temporary residence permits from the eight leading countries from all regions, 2012.

8 15 Figure 2: Number of recipients of temporary residence permits from the eight leading countries from overseas region, 2012 .. 17 Figure 3: Number of recipients of temporary residence permits from the eight leading countries, from African region, 2012 .. 17 Figure 4: Percentage distribution of recipients of all relatives permits by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 21 Figure 5: Percentage distribution of recipients of all visitors permits by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 21 Figure 6: Percentage distribution of recipients of all work permits by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 22 Figure 7: Percentage distribution of recipients of all study permits by nationality highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 23 Figure 8: Percentage distribution of recipients of all business permits by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 23 Figure 9: Percentage distribution of recipients of all retired persons permits by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012.

9 24 Figure 10: Percentage distribution of recipients of all medical permits by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 25 Figure 11 Median age of recipients of temporary residence permits from overseas and the eight leading countries, 2012 .. 26 Figure 12: Median age of temporary residence permit recipients from africa and the eight leading countries, 2012 .. 27 Figure 13: Distribution of recipients of permanent residence permits from the eight leading countries, 2012 . 29 Figure 14: Number of recipients of permanent residence permits from the top nine overseas countries, 2012 .. 32 Figure 15: Number of recipients of permanent residence permits from the top eight African countries, 2012 .. 32 Figure 16: Percentage distribution of all permanent residence permit recipients who used relatives category status by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 36 Figure 17: Percentage distribution of all permanent residence permit recipients who used work category status by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012.

10 36 Figure 18: Percentage distribution of all permanent residence permit recipients who used business and finance category status by nationality, highlighting the top eight countries, 2012 .. 37 Figure 19: Median age of recipients of permanent residence permits from the nine leading overseas countries, 2012 .. 38 Figure 20: Median age of permanent residence permit recipients from the eight leading countries, africa .. 39 statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 7 List of abbreviations DESIPASD Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Statistical Division DHA Department of Home Affairs DRC Democratic Republic of Congo OECD organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development PRP Permanent residence permit SADC Southern africa Development Community Stats SA statistics South africa TRP Temporary residence permit UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization USA United States of America statistics South africa Documented immigrants in South africa , 2012 8 1.